07 February 2012

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica repairs underway in China

Volvo Ocean Race : Telefonica undergoes a service in ChinaBYM News (press release)That was a couple of days ago and since then the shore crew have been all hands on deck to get theVolvo Ocean Race's leading VO 70 back to top form. The Team Telefónica shore crew will put eight days into resolving any issues off the water.

DePaul gets on board with sailing clubThe DepauliaBut that didn't stop several DePaul students from tapping in to Chicago's sailing community and bringing it back to campus. The club was the brainchild of Sean Palizza, junior digital cinema student also known as Commodore Palizza, who reignited his ...

Royal Hobart Regatta trophy found in time for 174th yearMy SailingThe skipper of the winning yacht at next Monday's 174 th Royal Hobart Regatta will be able to accept the genuine Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, with the prestigious trophy located after it 'went missing' for several years. Winners of the trophy at the last ...My Sailing

How To Plan A Caribbean Sailing TripHuffington PostThey are far enough apart to allow for open ocean sailing and they lie across the easterly trade winds, making passages north or south easy. With constant 10- to 25-knot winds, the sailing is among the best in the world. Anchoring nightly in peaceful ...

USA. Nautilus Sailing named Top 2011 Sailing SchoolBYM News (press release)Whether those dreams entail chartering sailboats in exotic destinations, or of one day setting sail for warmer latitudes aboard your own sailboat, the American Sailing Association is the place to start. With over 300 ASA sailing schools worldwide to ...

Transit plan for America's Cup up for voteSan Francisco ExaminerThe America's Cup, and its accompanying public transportation plan, will be up for approval this week. To account for the throngs of visitors expected to arrive for this year's sailing regatta in San Francisco, The City has developed a comprehensive ...San Francisco Examiner

Smooth sailing for regatta dayAuckland stuff.co.nzAfter skipping last year because of Cyclone Wilma, the regatta returned to Sullivans Bay in the Mahurangi Regional Park with an aftermatch function at Scotts Landing. Organiser Cimino Cole says the turnout was surprisingly good considering the weather...Auckland stuff.co.nz

America's Cup : ORACLE Racing hosts Congresswoman, Mayor at Pier 80BYM News (press release)ORACLE Racing, Team USA for the 34th America's Cup, hosted two distinguished guests at its San Francisco base on Saturday, Feb. 4: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the US House of Representatives, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.

St.Maarten: Heineken Regatta,MiamiHerald.comMore than 200 yachts and 2500 sailors from as far away as Russia and Brazil are expected for this year's St.Maarten Heineken Regatta, which began in 1980 with a dozen entries. Festivities begin March 1 with an opening party at Port De Plaisance and run ...MiamiHerald.com

Melges 32 Gosford RegattaYACHTe.com.auThe next few months' regattas are a sell-out for the highly competitive Australian Melges 32 fleet and kicking off the racing was last weekend's inaugural GosfordRegatta, hosted by Gosford Sailing Club. Competing in eight races over the two days in ...YACHTe.com.au

2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition Notice Of Race ReleasedInternational Sailing FederationThe Notice of Race for the 2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition taking place in Weymouth, Great Britain from Wednesday 22 August-Sunday 9 September has been released. The Notice of Race includes details on the Rules, Identification and Advertising, ...

Railey holds off Reineke to win Laser Radial regattaSun-SentinelPaige Railey held off Erika Reineke to win the Laser Radial North Americans regatta Sunday. Railey, of Clearwater, won Sunday's first race and was second in the second race to finish with 10 points for her best seven races. She won four of them and was ...

Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta Finishes on Virgin GordaAll At SeaThe Transatlantic Superyacht Regatta and Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup came to a close at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) on Virgin Gorda on December 4th. Eight superyachts and maxi yachts participated in the event, which started on November 21st ...

Northampton sailing club among UK's bestNorthampton Chronicle & EchoA NORTHAMPTONSHIRE sailing club has been recognised as one of the top clubs in the UK after being shortlisted for a national award for the third time in four years. Hollowell Sailing Club, based at Hollowell Reservoir, off Welford Road, has been named ...Northampton Chronicle & Echo

Wounded Marine shares love of sailingKVI-RadioMarine Corp veteran Ronnie Simpson admits he has a sailing addiction, and he dropped by the KVI studios to tell us about it last week. And after being wounded in Iraq during combat, he decided to turn that passion into service for others.KVI-Radio

LHT- Youth Squad Sailing Trip24dash (press release)A group of Merseyside teenagers have had the trip of a lifetime sailing a 113-year-old tall ship around a Scottish island. Eight members of Liverpool Housing Trust's Youth Squad travelled around the isle of Arran on sail training vessel Glaciere.24dash (press release)

Twelve For Women's Match RacingInternational Sailing FederationDenmark, Finland and Spain took the remaining Women's Match Racing spots for the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition after coming through a tough qualificationregatta. Nine teams sailed at the Women's Match Racing International Country Olympic ...International Sailing Federation

Lewis to sail in Carnival RegattaTrinidad & Tobago ExpressTrinidad and Tobago's top dinghy sailor Andrew Lewis will compete in this week's Trinidad and Tobago Sailing Association (TTSA) Carnival Regatta 2012. Lewis, who is gearing up for final round Olympic qualifiers in May, will sail in the February 9-12 ...

470 Open European Championship previewSail WorldThe world's top Olympic sailors are heading to Scotland for one of the final showdowns prior to the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. Host venue, Largs Sailing Club in Ayrshire is one of Scotland's premier dinghy and keel boat racing clubs, ...Sail World

Eden Yachting key sponsor for Sailing Arabia - The Tour 2012 ...Saad continued, "Sailing has been very much in the news recently with the Volvo Ocean RaceStopover in Abu Dhabi bringing a huge international event to the public's attention, but the beauty ofSailing Arabia - The Tour, is that we, in the ...AME Info Latest News

ROWING FOR PLEASURE: Another sailing puntBy Chris PartridgeGeorge Dunlop Leslie may have pioneered the sailing punt (he claimed never to have seen any but his own) but the idea refused to die. Gavin Atkin of intheboatshed has alerted me to a later and much more sophisticated design by none other ...ROWING FOR PLEASURE

WORLD TOUR STORIES - Taru and Alex sailing around the world ...By World Tour StoriesToday I'm dreaming of the day when most of our missions, smaller and the larger ones, are done so we can get out sailing again. The soft rhythms of salsa playing on the streets of Havana is so close but oh so far away at the very same time.WORLD TOUR STORIES - Taru and...

Smooth sailing in Sanya | Volvo ITBy adminSmooth sailing in Sanya. Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin. Blogger: Frank Wang Location: Sanya, China. Frank Wang. The time flies – the Volvo IT team arrived in Sanya more than one week ago. I'd like to say everything goes fine so far.Volvo IT

John Merricks Tiger Trophy at Rutland Sailing Club - Yachts and ...Nine different classes filled the top 10 places, with 139 boats coming to Rutland to compete at the two-day regatta despite a heinous weather forecast. With ropes and boats icing up even as the fleet set out for three back-to-back races on ...Latest news from Yachts and Yachting...